Kursk Vostochny Airport
Kursk Vostochny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Курск-Восточный) (IATA: URS, ICAO: UUOK),[1] also known as Khalino, Kursk-Khalino, is an interceptor aircraft base in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located 7 km east of Kursk. It is a medium-sized base 4 miles northeast of Kursk. Several alert pads, with civilian tarmac on the southern side of the airfield.
Kursk Vostochny Airport Аэропорт Курск-Восточный | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civilian, Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Operator | 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army | ||||||||||
| Location | Kursk, Kursk Oblast, Russia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 686 ft / 209 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°45′6″N 36°17′48″E | ||||||||||
| Website | aerokursk.ru | ||||||||||
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  Kursk Vostochny Shown within Kursk Oblast, Russia  Kursk Vostochny Kursk Vostochny (Russia) | |||||||||||
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Station history
Khalino was home to:
- 472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment from 4 October 1979 to 1998. Moved in from Orel, Orel Oblast, where it had been stationed from 1950 to 1979. Equipped with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23P (ASCC: Flogger) or S from 1979. Disbanded 1 May 1998.[2]
- 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (14 Gv IAP) flying Mikoyan MiG-29 (SMT/UBT) (ASCC: Fulcrum) aircraft, having been relocated from Zherdevka (air base).[3] Now part of the 105th Guards Mixed Aviation Division flying the Sukhoi Su-30SM (NATO: Flanker-H).[4][5][6]
On 6 December 2022 the airport’s oil storage caught fire.[7] The Kursk governor blamed the fire on a drone strike amid the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| RusLine | Moscow–Vnukovo,[8] Saint Petersburg, Sochi[9] |
References
- Airport Kursk (Vostochny)
- "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
- Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
- "Russian Air Force today - Russian Western Military District". Eastern Order of Battle. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- "14th Guards Leningradskiy Red Banner order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Regiment im. Zhdanov". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- "Russian Air Force - Kursk/Vostochnyy (Khalino) (UUOK)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- "Drone strikes oil tank at airfield in Russia's Kursk region". Reuters. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- Авиакомпания "РусЛайн" меняет аэропорт базирования в Москве. www.rusline.aero (in Russian). Airline "RusLine". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ""РусЛайн" откроет рейсы из Курска в Сочи". Interfax-Tourism. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kursk-Vostochny Airport.
- Kursk Airport Official website (in Russian)
- Airport information for UUOK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- Current weather for UUOK at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for URS at Aviation Safety Network
- 472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO
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